hlaax
Iu Mien
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hlaH (“moon, month”), from Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with White Hmong hli and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] hlaot. Compare the Sino-Tibetan root that gave birth to S'gaw Karen လါ (lah), Burmese လ (la.), Chepang लाह् (lah).
Noun
[edit]hlaax